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Shaw & Garnet

Shaw St & Garnet Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Dovercourt Village · Ward 11, University-Rosedale

Shaw & Garnet, in Dovercourt Village, in central Toronto, is a lightly travelled intersection, with pedestrians outnumbering vehicles and significant cycling traffic. At the corner: a bike lane and a school within 250 m. Nearby: Ossington Station (Line 2) 649 m away. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic volume
562
vehicles · 8-hour count, Jun 14, 2022
967 pedestrians · 1,510 cyclists
Collisions
3
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
0 with an injury · 3 property damage · #5267 of 5,508
KSI collisions
0
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
none in the window
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
0
TTC stops within 100 m
Ossington Station 649 m · 6 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Bikeway
Bike Lane - Contraflow
Bike Share: 15 docks within 150 m

Across the 8-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 70 vehicles an hour, 6% of the median counted intersection. Pedestrians outnumber vehicles 1.7 to 1 — rare for a Toronto intersection, where the median is one pedestrian for every 13 vehicles. Cyclists were 268.7% of vehicle volume, about 347× the typical share. On average 0.3 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — well below the median of 31 for the decade. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Shaw & Garnet

Getting here

Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and what's within a 1.5 km walk

Transit & cycling

Subway
Ossington Station (Line 2)649 m; Christie Station (Line 2)695 m
TTC bus
632612616194127 nearest 196 m
Blue Night
363300
Nearest stops
6 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
Bike Lane - Contraflow on Shaw St installed 2013
Bike Share
Shaw St / Essex St - SMART 128 m · 15 docks · 18 stations, 352 docks within 1 km

Straight-line distances to the nearest stop or station entrance in each agency's current schedule feed, including temporary diversions.

Within walking distance 1.5 km

Schools (33)
  • Sacre Coeur Catholic Elementary SchoolFrench Separate · 117 m
  • Essex Jr Sr & Hawthorne Two BilingualEnglish Public · 261 m
  • St Bruno & St Raymond Catholic Elementary School (Future Site)English Separate · 323 m
  • Uchenna AcademyPrivate · 558 m
  • St Bruno and St Raymond Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 575 m
  • West End Alternative SchoolEnglish Public · 790 m
  • and 27 more
Parks (37)
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Davenport branch747 m
  • Toronto Public Library Palmerston branch1 km
  • Toronto Public Library Bloor/Gladstone branch1.1 km
Places of interest
  • Tarragon TheatrePerforming Arts · 1.3 km
  • Randolph Centre for the ArtsPerforming Arts · 1.3 km
  • Artscape Wychwood BarnsLandmark · 1.3 km

Around the corner

Food premises, public washrooms, child care and emergency services — distances are straight-line from the node

Restaurants & food

Toronto Public Health inspects 9 eating places within 300 m of this corner; within a kilometre the count is 208 — 2.8× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Contra Cafe, 110 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in August 2026.

Restaurants & cafés9 within 300 m · 208 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 32 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Contra Cafe · 1028 Shaw St110 mPassed, Aug 2026
Ecole Elementaire Catholique du Sacre-Coeur Snp · 98 Essex St122 mPassed, May 2024
Les Bouts D'choux · 98 Essex St122 mPassed, Sep 2026
Paleta Kings Storage On Essex · 127 Essex St158 mPassed, Jun 2026
Actinolite Restaurant · 971 Ossington Ave204 mPassed, Apr 2026
Maison T · 1071 Shaw St268 mPassed, Apr 2025 · 1 infraction
Maison T · 1071 Shaw St268 mPassed, Aug 2026
Casamiento · 787 Dupont St270 mPassed, Sep 2026 · 1 infraction

Every establishment Toronto Public Health inspects under DineSafe, screened by name to leave out kitchens inside schools, care homes and offices. A conditional pass means infractions had to be fixed by a follow-up visit, not that the premises is closed.

Washrooms & water

The nearest public washroom is Alex Duff Memorial Outdoor Pool Washroom, 465 m away, View outdoor pool hours. A drinking fountain is 450 m away at Alex Duff Memorial Pool.

  • Alex Duff Memorial Outdoor Pool Washroom · 779 Crawford St
    View outdoor pool hours
    465 m
  • Christie Pits Park Washroom · 750 Bloor St W
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    542 m
  • Dovercourt Park Washroom · 155 Bartlett Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    630 m
Drinking water
Alex Duff Memorial Pool drinking fountain · 450 m; Frankel - Lambert Park drinking fountain · 458 m

Park washrooms, washrooms in City buildings and automated street toilets, with hours and status as the City publishes them (park washrooms are seasonal). Malls, shops and TTC stations are not included.

Child care

13 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 1,027 spaces; nine accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Les Bouts D'choux (117 m, 116 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km13 centres · 1,027 spaces
Fee subsidy9 of 13
  • Les Bouts D'choux · 98 Essex St
    116 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    117 m
  • Hawthorne-On-Essex Day Care · 50 Essex St
    179 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    261 m
  • Odyssey Montessori School · 256 Christie St
    57 spaces · toddler, preschool
    432 m
  • Network Child Care Services - Ossington Avenue North · 756 Ossington Ave
    49 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    619 m

Licensed centres only; spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 345 (1.0 km), the nearest police station 14 Division (1.9 km) and the nearest ambulance station 799 m away.

FireFire Station 345 · 1 km1285 Dufferin St
Police14 Division · 1.9 km350 Dovercourt Road
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 33 · 799 m760 Dovercourt Rd

Nearest station by straight line — not a response time, and not necessarily the station that would answer a call.

Apartment buildings nearby

RentSafeTO-registered rental buildings within 1 km, with the City's latest evaluation score

Within a kilometre there are 24 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 1,422 rental units — seven social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 177 Pendrith St (292 m, 54 units, 3 storeys, built 1964), which scored 85 out of 100 at its August 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. Three buildings of the 24 scored below 70; the average is 84, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 26 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 6 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings24 · 1,422 units · 7 social housing
RentSafeTO score84 average · 3 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202626 across the 24
Open fire-code violations6
Tallest20 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
177 Pendrith StToronto Community Housing · TCH543196485 · Aug 20250292 m
740 Dupont St · Greystar Canada Property Management Services Ltd21092021100 · Dec 20250397 m
470 Melita CresToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation375198090 · Jun 20261461 m
161 Christie St · Canlight Management Inc.154196591 · Jul 20260474 m
2 Lambertlodge AveToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation645198391 · Nov 20250681 m
805 Bloor St Wsocial housing · Neighbours Community Homes244198986 · Sep 20250 · 1 fire695 m
496 Montrose Ave · Landlord Property & Rental Management Inc243193085 · Jul 20250696 m
220 Delaware Ave · Imtradex Corp164193079 · Jul 20250714 m

The City's RentSafeTO register — rental apartment buildings of three or more storeys and ten or more units — with the score from each building's latest City evaluation (out of 100; poor scores trigger a full audit). LTB orders are final Landlord and Tenant Board orders naming the address (Jan 2026 – Jun 2026); fire-code violations are open items in Toronto Fire Services' inspection data. Each building links to its full record on LandlordReport. Condominiums and houses are not registered.

Parking

Every mapped lot within 2 km, Green P with peak occupancy, City EV charging and bike parking

All parking lots753 lots · ≈21,200 spaces · 63.6 ha
Within 500 m30 lots · ≈1,000 spaces
Green P (public)30 car parks · about 1,334 spaces
EV charging (City)273 Christie St · 463 m · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parking20 post-and-rings within 300 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
745 Ossington Ave · Surface639 m4667% (Q1 2026)
376 Clinton St · Surface767 m3468% (Q1 2026)
675 Manning Ave · Surface865 m4981% (Q1 2026)
9 Salem Ave · Surface934 m3374% (Q1 2026)
7 Bartlett Ave · Surface1 km3763% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 72 m away, ≈27 spaces; 275 m away, ≈28 spaces; 296 m away, ≈15 spaces; 316 m away, ≈262 spaces; 317 m away, ≈15 spaces; 325 m away, ≈44 spaces. More EV charging: 705 Shaw St (807 m, 2 ports); 685 Dovercourt Rd (1 km, 2 ports); 580 Christie St (1.2 km, 2 ports).

Lot count and area from the City's topographic mapping of parking-lot footprints (every visible surface lot, public or private); spaces are estimated at one per 30 m² of lot. Lots not run by Green P are private, commercial or institutional and may be for customers or residents only. Green P spaces and average daily peak occupancy from the Toronto Parking Authority's quarterly dataset (* = capacity from the 2019 car-park list; rates are not shown because that list is stale — check Green P). EV chargers are City-operated only; on-street and underground parking are not included.

Traffic volume

The City's latest turning-movement count — 8-hour, Jun 14, 2022

Unusually, the morning peak is the heavier one — 129 vehicles in the hour from 8:30 a.m., 30% above the afternoon peak from 4:45 p.m. (99). Trucks and buses were 7.7% of traffic, well above the typical 3.2% — a sign of a goods-movement or bus corridor. For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 4 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2022, not today's volume. It was an 8-hour count, which is not directly comparable with the 14-hour counts the City has used since September 2023.

From the north0southbound · 905 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the west0eastbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
Total vehicles562967 pedestrians · 1,510 cyclists · 7.7% heavy
From the east0westbound · 16 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the south562northbound · 589 bikes · 7.7% heavy
AM peak hour129 vehicles from 8:30 a.m.
PM peak hour99 vehicles from 4:45 p.m.
Count8-hour · Jun 14, 2022

Approach figures are vehicles entering the intersection from that leg over the whole count. A count is one day's traffic, not an annual average; the City recounts on an ad-hoc schedule.

How fast traffic moves here

Midblock speed counts on the intersection's streets, the nearest school-zone speed sign, and traffic calming

On Garnet Ave between Miles Pl and Lane E of Shaw and S of Yarmouth, 129 m from the corner, a 3-day count in September 2021 put the average speed at 25 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 34 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 39 km/h or more. That segment carries about 500 vehicles a day. Shaw St between Garnet Ave and Hallam St measured slower: 19 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 28 km/h (Jun 2022). The reading is 5 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. At the school-zone speed sign on Garnet Ave (133 m away, 30 km/h limit), 0.4% of the 21,135 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 40 km/h or more — almost none.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Shaw St · Garnet Ave – Hallam St · 16 mJun 2022 · 24 h2,84219 km/h28 km/h33 km/h
Garnet Ave · Miles Pl – Lane E of Shaw and S of Yarmouth · 129 mSep 2021 · 3 days52325 km/h34 km/h39 km/h

School-zone speed sign 133 m

Posted limit30 km/h
Median · 85th pct14 · 26 km/h
Over the limit2.2%
40 km/h or more0.4%

Garnet Ave (eastbound), 88 Garnet Avenue · 21,135 vehicles logged in July 2026 · runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.

Midblock counts are automatic counters laid across the road for one to seven days; the 85th-percentile speed is the figure engineers use — 85% of drivers were at or below it. Counts are ad hoc, so some are years old. A midblock reading is not the speed through the intersection itself, and posted limits are not in the count data.

All police-reported collisions

Every collision reported to Toronto Police within 65 m, any severity, 2016–2025

The worst year was 2023, with 1 collision; 2025 recorded 0. 0 collisions (0%) involved an injury. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. The most recent report on file is from Jun 2, 2023.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions3#5267 of 5,508
With an injury0
Property damage only3
Fail to remain0
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
All since 20143latest Jun 2, 2023

Source: Toronto Police Service, Traffic Collisions Open Data — every collision reported to police since 2014, within 65 m of this node. Records through Jun 30, 2026.

Killed or seriously injured

Collisions in which someone died or was seriously injured, within 65 m, 2016–2025 — the basis of the danger rankings

No collision involving a death or serious injury has been recorded within 65 m of this intersection since the record begins in 2006.

KSI = killed or seriously injured. A collision is counted if its recorded location is within 65 m of this intersection's centreline node, whether the police coded it as intersection-related or mid-block. Records can lag a year or more, so the current year is excluded from rankings.

Thefts reported at this corner

Thefts from vehicles and bicycle thefts that Toronto Police have offset to this intersection, 2016–2025

Two thefts from vehicles and no bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle200street/outdoor (1), commercial premises (1)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Apr 12, 2019. Police offset every occurrence to the nearest intersection before publishing, so these are thefts on the streets and premises around this node, not necessarily at the corner itself. Other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see Dovercourt Village.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Shaw & Garnet a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 3 lesser collisions. High counts usually track high traffic volume rather than a design flaw; volume is shown alongside so the numbers can be read in context.

How busy is Shaw & Garnet?

A lightly travelled intersection. Its latest count is from Jun 14, 2022, 6% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Shaw & Garnet?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Garnet Ave between Miles Pl and Lane E of Shaw and S of Yarmouth (September 2021), found an average of 25 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 34 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 133 m away (30 km/h), 0.4% of vehicles were doing 40 km/h or more in July 2026.

Where can I park near Shaw & Garnet?

The nearest Green P car park is 745 Ossington Ave (639 m away, 46 spaces, 67% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 753 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 21,200 spaces — 30 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 273 Christie St (463 m).

How do I get to Shaw & Garnet by transit?

Ossington Station (Line 2) is 649 m away; bus routes 63, 26, 126, 161, 94, 127 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Shaw & Garnet?

9 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 208 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Contra Cafe (110 m), Ecole Elementaire Catholique du Sacre-Coeur Snp (122 m), Les Bouts D'choux (122 m), Paleta Kings Storage On Essex (158 m) and Actinolite Restaurant (204 m). Each one's latest inspection result is shown on this page; DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there a public washroom near Shaw & Garnet?

The nearest is Alex Duff Memorial Outdoor Pool Washroom, 779 Crawford St, 465 m away (View outdoor pool hours). Next nearest: Christie Pits Park Washroom (542 m); Dovercourt Park Washroom (630 m). These are the City's own washrooms — in parks, civic buildings and automated street toilets — not those in malls, coffee shops or TTC stations.

Is there child care near Shaw & Garnet?

13 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,027 spaces in total; 9 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Les Bouts D'choux (117 m, 116 spaces), Hawthorne-On-Essex Day Care (261 m, 179 spaces) and Odyssey Montessori School (432 m, 57 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Shaw & Garnet?

24 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,422 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 177 Pendrith St (292 m, 54 units, RentSafeTO score 85), 740 Dupont St (397 m, 210 units, RentSafeTO score 100), 470 Melita Cres (461 m, 37 units, RentSafeTO score 90) and 161 Christie St (474 m, 15 units, RentSafeTO score 91). The average RentSafeTO score across the 24 is 84 out of 100; 3 scored below 70. Condos and houses are not on the City's register. Each building's full record — score history, LTB orders, fire-code inspections, permits — is on LandlordReport.

How many thefts are reported at Shaw & Garnet?

Toronto Police place two thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025. Police offset every reported occurrence to the nearest intersection before publishing it, so the count covers the streets, driveways and parking around this corner rather than the corner itself. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Dovercourt Village page.

What neighbourhood is Shaw & Garnet in?

Shaw & Garnet is in Dovercourt Village (City of Toronto neighbourhood 172). It is in Ward 11, University-Rosedale, represented by Councillor Dianne Saxe.

Sources

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